The functions of the PART CONTROL menu are intended for organizing line, surface, and element data in a structure. A PART is a set of lines, surfaces, and/or elements grouped under a PART NAME. The PART NAME is defined as a label of alphanumeric data that consists of no more than eight characters. Presently up to 1000 parts may be defined in a database. Each part has a unique Part Identification (PID). The functions in the PART
CONTROL menu are organized as in Figure 9.3.1:
Figure9.3.1 Part Control Menu
A detailed description of each function is given in the following sections.